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The Late Show always felt like adulthood to me. Growing up, I heard about David Letterman before I was old enough to stay up late enough to watch The Late Show. One of the local radio stations syndicated Letterman’s Top 10 List bit, and on the days where I didn’t take the bus to school, depending on what time my Dad would drive me into school, we’d hear it in the car on the way in. My uncle would also occasionally reference the show, particularly during the second term of George W. Bush. I’d ...